Well, I found this holy grail (for me) of collecting recently in 38-40 Rem/38 wcf caliber. By all accounts a very rare bird - 18 1/2 inch barrel and holds eight in the tube. I had never seen one in person in 25 years of looking at gun shows, gun shops and pawn shops. The carbines that very rarely came up on the internet auction sites had prices that made my nether-region ache. Got this one for about 1/3 of what the last one I saw go for and I feel like I won the lottery.



It was filthy on the outside but in pretty good shape after a good cleaning - mostly plum with some blue in proected areas. Some pin-prick pitting here and there but not bad at all for a 95 year old survivor. The bore was the dirtiest I've ever seen in a vintage rifle -probably a combination of BP and smokeless loads and no cleaning for the last 50 years. I'm still working on it but looks like it's going to be in the good-very good range.

I haven't shot it yet as I'm missing one part. A friend is having one made but it will be a couple of weeks. Anybody got some pet 38-40 hunting loads they like? Thanks!

John

Great find John.....I do not have any pet loads but I do have a 14 1/2 in the rifle (would have liked the carbine to go along with the Remington Model 25 carbine that I have - but as you mentioned when found the prices are pretty HIGH!) configuration and love to shoot the thing. It is really very accurate with factory stuff and considering the cost of factory stuff anymore I AMgoing to have to reload for it (bougth a pile of the ammo at a local gunshop before all the prices went through the roof...and to boot he had them priced at about 1978 prices!; he was gald to get rid of them and I was more than happy to take them off his hands )

Have Fun!,
PennDog

I've liked Remington 14 1/2 Carbines ever since I 1st saw Bearrr264's Grandfather's factory engraved 44-40. I'd recommend that you find a Lyman R14 tang peep sight for improved shootability.

Jeff

Beautiful gun!! They are hard to come by, I'm trying to find a model 14 carbine in 35 Remington and am having a HECK of a time!

Great find!!! I just bought a 14 that is in really god shape, love shooting these old guns

I appreciate the comments. Model 25s are pretty rare around here too. And, I've never seen a 14 carbine in 35 rem - that would be a handy brush gun. I've seen a couple in 30 rem and one in 32 rem. All the model 14/141 family are nice and I have to look at every one that I come across at gun shows, etc.

More photos of the 14 1/2 carbine:





John